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Persons travelling to and from Guyana by air could soon feel a bit more comfortable that they would be safer, while miscreants would experience greater difficulty getting past tighter security systems. The United States and Guyana on Monday formally agreed to boost aviation security here through training, management and equipment.  Inked by Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson and American ...

Guyana has finally moved much closer to appointing its top diplomats to major Western Nations , Brazil, Cuba, and India senior officials confirmed at the weekend to Demerara Waves Online News. A senior government minister, who is intimately aware of the process, said several names have been proposed to President David Granger. “There are talks going on right now. Some ...

The Guyana government is for now treating the ongoing controversy between the management of Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) and several private aviation operators as a “private matter” but there would be room for the Competition Commission to address some of their concerns. “That is still a private matter but the regulatory arrangements will always be government’s responsibility”, Minister of State, ...

Amidst concerns and complaints from the Toshao and representatives of the village of Isseneru, Region Eight, government has  directed that mining works be ceased immediately by the operator of a water dredge in the area. The Ministry of the Presidency sauys Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman issued the the order pending a fact-finding ...

One person was killed and four others seriously injured Saturday afternoon when the truck they were travelling in slammed into a tree  in the vicinity of Itaballi, Region Seven, police said. The dead man has been identified as Jermaine Khan. The injured include Leroy Benjamin, 19-year old Damon John and 45-year old Ronald Singh of Lima, Essequibo Coast.  Singh, who ...

Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents have foiled a plot by a number of persons to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana by swallowing the narcotic, according to a top official. Head of the CANU, James Singh said two Guyanese men were late Friday night arrested at hotel and one of them has been admitted to a city hospital because he ...

University of Guyana Chancellor, Professor Nigel. Harris on Saturday announced a task force would be established to help find lasting solutions to some of the deep-seated problems facing the tertiary institution Addressing the 49th Convocation of the institution, he said the decision was made by the Council, the highest decision-making body to assist in “decisively ” addressing some of the ...

One of three men, who invaded a home at New Amsterdam and chopped an occupant, Berbice, has himself been hacked and arrested. At about 0120h. today November 14, 2015, three men one armed with a shotgun and another with cutlass broken into the home of Nicholas Harrinandan 38 years, Tucberg Park, New Amsterdam. Harrinandan armed himself with a cutlass and ...

Police are probing the shooting of a patron and a waitress while an attempt was being made to disharm a policeman At 0100h. today Saturday November 14, 2015, police ranks responded to a report of disorderly behavior by a number of patrons at a night spot at Coverden, East Bank Demerara. During efforts by the police to arrest one of ...

Fire early Saturday morning destroyed a house at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, raising fresh concerns about the absence of a fire station in the area. The cause of the blaze at the unoccupied building was unknown. Residents said a Muslim only known as Brother Yahyah once lived there. The now destroyed building was immediately behind the La Grange Police ...